Ford proposes 25 percent cut in Agriculture Department budget
President Ford outlines a 1976 77 budget under 10.8 billion for USDA with a 1.3 billion cut in food stamps and school lunch programs and lower farm price support costs. Direct farmer payments rise slightly to 597 million while export loans fall to 450 million. Food for Peace would drop to about 1.29 billion, and rural development grants totaling 125 million would be eliminated.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ford
USDA
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Nonpublic Schools Seek Direct Federal Aid in Missouri
Missouri nonpublic school leaders plan to ask the U S Office of Education to send Title I funds directly to their schools after the Missouri Board of Education declined a statewide bypass. They argue direct funding would allow in-school tutoring and reading help during regular hours, citing enrollment barriers and program access.
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Kansas City
Missouri
U. S. Office of Education
John L. Schmiedeler
Kansas City-St. Joseph
Missouri Board of Education
Arthur L. Mallory
Vet Office Open Only On Mondays
The Veterans Affairs office in the Audrain County Courthouse will be closed Fridays until further notice. The office will be open only on Mondays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Veterans Affairs
Audrain County
Job Security Dominates UAW Contract Talks
DETROIT AP Delegates from the United Auto Workers, about 1,000 at the opening session, focus on job security and enhanced SUB benefits as central to three-year contracts covering 850,000 members. The meetings precede a spring convention that will draft a blueprint for deals expiring in September.
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Detroit
United Auto
UAW
Irving Bluestone
Bluestone
General Motors
SUB
Long Distance Jog Was Bus Ride, Driver Says
Denver jogger Phil Saad claimed a predawn 610 mile jog to Kansas City while a Greyhound driver recounted Saad’s bus ride from Denver to Colby and beyond. Saad denied faking the jog, citing a ledger and nightly calls to his wife as proof amid a hoax investigation. A hotel registry listed Saad as William Reynolds in Colby where reporters later found no such person.
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Denver
Phil Saad
Kansas City
Greyhound
Clarence Scott
Saad
Scott
Colby
Kan
Manhattan
Limon
Colorado
Kansas
Burlington
Cooper
William Reynolds
Murphy's Cafe
Ralph Zimmer
Reynolds
Stretching Income Course Offered at Mexico High School
A four session non credit course for all ages and incomes covers budgeting money management and using substitutes for money. Enrollment night February 2 at 7 00 p m at Mexico High School. Fee is 2 per person or 2 per married couple. Instructor is Mrs Shirley Drinkard University of Missouri Extension.
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Mexico High School
University of Missouri Extension Center
Courthouse
Mexico
Shirley Drinkard
University of Missouri Extension
Robert Redford Named Sewer District Chairman in Provo
Actor Robert Redford, owner of Sundance resort, was named chairman of the Provo Canyon sewer district committee. He succeeds Ken Patten, who led since 1971. The panel seeks a grant to install a sewer system from Wasatch County through Provo Canyon. Redford’s term runs through December.
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Provo
Utah
Robert Redford
Provo Canyon
Redford
Sundance Ski Resort
Ken Patten
Wasatch County
Crime Victims' Compensation Sought In State Legislature
Jefferson City reports that Missouri lawmakers debate a bill to establish state funds for crime victim compensation. The measure would cover injuries and loss of earnings up to ten thousand dollars, administered by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, with conditions on reporting, residency, and eligible crimes. Opponents cite cost, while supporters urge funding as a rehabilitative aid and justice for victims.
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Jefferson City
Albert Hiesrodt
First Bank West
Columbia
Hiesrodt
Hiesradt
Missouri House
House
Kenneth Rothman
Clayton
U. S. Senate
U. S. House
New York
California
Rothman
Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission
Missouri
Senate
Bingham Art Works
Christopher Bond
Bond
Robert O. Snyder
R Kirkwood
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Logan Pharmacy
Callaway
Peterson Fulton
Donald Peterson
State Hospital No. 1
McCubbin
Joseph Dudley
McCredie
Western Waterproofing Co
Springfield
South Trails
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Discount Paige
Wal-Mart Discount City
the Ledger
Ledger
Henry Block
H&r Block
East Liberty
Equitable
William W. Seay
James C. French
Centralia
Seay
University of Missouri At Columbia
Mr. Seay
S. Rollins
James C
Providence
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
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